Ideas for writing

Writing continuum
Non Fiction Writing
beginning writer's continuum

Steve Peha's Teaching that Makes Sense http://www.ttms.org

British Columbia Writing Performance Standards Grade 8 - http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/writing_g8.pdf

Saskatchewan writing samples for grade 8 - expository, narrative, and writing process.

Ontario's Writing exemplars 1 - 8 http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/writing18ex.pdf

Nova Scotia grade 8 writing samples - http://nswritingexemplars.ednet.ns.ca/exemplars/grade8exemplars/grade8exemplars.htm

Writing Next - http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf

A set of criteria developed for use in a multi-level learning community